Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2020, Belgium's return orders issued to non-eu citizens decreased by 7.7% compared to 2019, reaching 20,320.

Belgium accounts for 5.1% of the EU-27 total of 396,435.

Belgium ranks 8th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 34.5% (from 31,045 in 2015).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_eiord, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.